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IMPRESSION BASILAIRE [1 record]

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Record 1 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Partial invagination of the base of the cranium at the foramen magnum by the cervical vertebrae.

OBS

The term basilar invagination is used to describe basilar impression which results from diseases producing softening of bone (Paget's disease, rickets, osteomalacia, scurvy, fragilitas ossium, cleidocranial dysostosis, hyperparathyroidism). [From TEXRA, 1985, p. 1162.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Invagination, à des degrés variables, de la portion supérieure du rachis cervical dans la base du crâne. [D'après DUPAT, 1986, p. 182.]

OBS

À son stade le plus marqué, l'impression basilaire prend le nom d'invagination basilaire. [D'après EMAPP, s.d., 15864, A10, p. 12.]

Spanish

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